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Topic: Very early Stringmaster D8 #0510 |
Jamie O'Connell
From:
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2009 8:58 am |
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Is anyone in on this auction? It appears to be a very early Fender Stringmaster D8 (pre-blend controls) serial number is 0510. It seems to be very long scale too -- four dots after the 2nd octave.
It's currently at $500 with 7 hours to go, but I would expect that to go up... I am not currently in the market for this, but thought others might be interested.
EBAY Auction
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Jamie O'Connell
From:
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2009 9:15 pm
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Went for $696 to some lucky guy 
--Jamie |
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 3 Aug 2009 2:38 am
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| Yeah, somebody sure got lucky with that one |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Aug 2009 4:29 am
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It's a 26" Scale length..NARROWER string spacing than later Stringmasters.
I have 0189, Alan Brookes "tarted' it up for me..
I got rid of the 'LollyPop" tuners and had the more functional Mk.2 type installed. The switch between the slide switches is a 3 position selector switch for either/or/all of the pickups. (Necessary as there is NO balance wheel on these Mk.1 models.)
HERE is my 1953 April (4-10-53 in the cavity) one :-
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=115324
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 4 Aug 2009 8:39 pm
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I was at work & got sent out before I could bid on it. I had some cash to blow...but I can't believe it went for this cheap.
Oh well, maybe someday there will be another.
Casey
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Marty Smith
From:
California
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Posted 5 Aug 2009 4:50 pm
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| "How much for the bear-I want to buy your bear" |
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Jamie O'Connell
From:
Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2009 5:18 pm
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Basil,
That's a very attractive Steel now. Alan Brookes definitely did a nice job restoring it. With the scale at 26" and the string spacing narrow, I imagine there's not much slanting possible on the lower frets? Still, it's a really nice guitar.
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 8 Aug 2009 11:22 pm
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| Basil, That's a very attractive Steel now. Alan Brookes definitely did a nice job restoring it. |
I would have hired Alan Brookes to restore this guitar that sold on Ebay had I bought it because it looked in terrible shape.
It sold for $696.
Any Forumites buy this?
Aloha,
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2009 5:55 am
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You talk about an early serial number, I have a Fender Stringmaster quad with serial number #0002.
How about that!  |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 9 Aug 2009 8:04 pm
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WOW Erv!!!
I'm sure that must've belonged to someone pretty famous. Leon McAuliffe maybe? Noel Boggs? I bet it was someone big!!!
Casey
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 10 Aug 2009 3:33 am
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I bet it was someone big!!!
Casey |
You'd have to be big to reach the front neck 
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 10 Aug 2009 6:41 am
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| Don Kona Woods wrote: |
| ...It sold for $696... |
Someone got a good deal. The normal reaction to that would be, "That could have been me", but, of course that's illogical. The person who bought it only got it for $696 because you didn't bid against him. If others had gotten into the bidding process it would have sold for a lot more. $696 is the price you COULD NOT have bought it for, because someone else already made that offer....  |
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